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UNITED STATES PATENT Orrics.

CARL E. RIOHSON, OF BROOKLYN, NEXV YORK, ASSIGNOR- OF ONE-HALF TO GUSTAF PERSON WERN, OF NEWV YORK, N. Y.

SUSPENSION CABLEWAY, CARRIER, AND CARRIAGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 597,296, dated January 11, 1898. Application filed March 8, 1897. Serial No. 626 ,445. (No model.)

To aZZ whom zit may concern.-

Be itknown that I, CARL E. RIOHSON of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Suspension Oableway, Carrier, and Garriage,of which the following is a full,clear, and exact description.

The invention relates to aerial hoisting and transportation devices; and its object is to provide anew and improved suspension cableway, carrier, and carriage arranged to properly support the hoisting-rope and the endless carriage-rope and to permit the carriage to automatically switch past the carriers.

The invention consists principally of a fixed rope carrying a series of hangers secured on the same, a main cable forming a track for the carriage and movable laterally adjacent to the hangers, the hangers being provided with means to engage the cable and pulleys to support the hoisting-rope and the endless carriagerope, and means for switching the carriage past the said hangers andreturning the cable and the ropes to the hangers after the carriage has passed.

Theinvention further consists of a carriage provided with tracks adapted to engage pulleys on the hanger to move the carriage and hanger transversely apartfor the carriage t pass the hanger.

The invention also consists ofcertain parts and details and combinations of the same, as will be fully described hereinafter and then pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the improvement as applied. Fig. 2 is an enlarged side elevation of the improvement. Fig. 3 is a sectional plan view of the same on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a similar view of the same on the line 4: a of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is an end elevation of one of the hangers with the cable and ropes in section, and Fig. 6 is an enlarged transverse section of the improvement on the line 6 6 of Fig.

The cable A is stretched between suitable towers B B or other structures or elevated points, and the said cable between said towers passes over pulleys C, journaled on hang ers D,placed suitable distances apart and supported at their upper ends on a rope E, likewise stretched from one tower B to the other tower B. On the cable A are mounted to travel the pulleys F, journaled in the frame F of the carriage F, connected in the usual manner with the endless rope G, passing over pulleys on the towers BB to wind on a suit able Windlass under the control of the openator, so that the carriage F can be pulled forward or backward on the cable A. The upper run of the rope G is supported between the towers B B on pulleys O journaled in the hangers D, and the lower run G of the said carriage-rope G is supported on pulleys 1 O likewise journaled on the hangers D, and the said run passes between sets of pulleys F journaled on the frame F of the carriage, as plainly illustrated in Fig. 2. In the frame I of the carriage are journaled the hoisting-pulleys H, over which passes the hoisting-rope I,

connected with a suitable hoisting mechan ism to raise or lower the load J, supported on the said hoisting-rope, as plainly indicated in Fig. 1. The hoisting-rope I is supported between the carriage and the towers by pulleys O journaled on the hangers D, as indicated in the drawings. Thus it will be seen that the carriage-rope G and the hoisting-rope I are suitably supported at intervals on the hangers D, so that none of the ropes is slack.

N ow in order to allow the carriage F to pass each of the hangers D as the carriage moves forward or backward over its cable A, I provide the following device: On the carriageframe F and near the upper portion thereof is arranged a track K, formed with the fixed track-section K and the end sections K and K pivotally connected with the ends of the fined section K, so as to allow the said end sections to swing up and down. The middle or fixed section K extends on one side of the frame F, and the end sections K and K are 9 5 traveling on the cable A. Springs K secured on the carriage-frame lfi press with,

their free ends on the hinged end sections K K so as to hold the pulleys-K and K in engagement with the cable A. Asimilar track vL is arranged in the lower part of the frame F and is provided with a fixed section L, and the hinged end sections L and L are curved transversely and formed at their ends with shoes L and L respectively, for the passage of the carriagerope G. On each of the hangers D is fulcrumed at N a transversely-extendin g lever N, carrying at its free end a wheel N extending a suitable distance from the inner face of'the support to engage the track K at either end section K or K according to the direction in which the carriage is traveling. Now as this wheel N travels along the curved end section K or K on the forward movement of the carriage it is evident that the carriage and the corresponding support D are moved laterally apart, so that the cable and the ropes G and I are lifted 0d their pulleys O O and C to permit the carriage to pass the hanger. .The lever N is normally in the position. shown in Fig. 5, and is held therein by a spring N so that the curved outer end N of the said lever extends close to the top of the pulley C and the foot 0 to prevent the cable A from lifting the said pulley unless the lever N is swung upward into the position shown in Fig. 6, the upward movement of the lever being accomplished by the wheel N traveling over the corresponding end sections K or K of the track K. The lower track L is engaged at either end L or L by the pulley 0 as shown in Fig. 6, so that the hanger and the carriage are well separated one from the other, and the cable A and ropes G and I are taken off from their pulleys 0, C C and C and carried in alinement with the carriage, as will be readily understood by reference to Figs. 3 and 4. In order to hold the ropes G and I firmly'in place on the pulleys G G and O 'during the time the carriage is between the two adjacent hangers D, Iprovide suitable locking devices, controlled from the lever N and-consisting of a link 0, pivotally connected with the said lever N and provided with hooks or U-shaped arms P, P, and P fnlcrumed on the hanger D and adapted to extend around the ropes, so as to prevent the same from accidentally leaving the pulleys, as indicated in Fig. 5. derstood that the lever N is then in a lowermost position by the action of the spring N so as to lock the cable A in place between the pulley C and the foot-piece C; but when the carriage nears a hanger and the wheel N passes into the mouth of the end track-section K or K and travels up and along the same an upward-swinging motion is given to the lever N, whereby the link 0 pulls on'the hooks P P P to swing the same downward into the position shown in Fig. 6 to permit H the ropes to leave the said pulleysC 0 0 so It is un-' as to allow the carriage to switch past the hanger. As soon as the wheel N and the pulley C have left the tracks K and L the cable A and the ropes G and I pass back upon their pulleys on the'hanger just passed by the carriage, and the lever N is drawn back to its lowermost position by the action of the spring N so as to close the hooks P P P and again lock theropes in place on their pulleys. At the same time the lever N itself locks the cable A in position between the pulley C and the foot-piece C, as shown in Fig. 5.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentl .1. The combination of the fixed rope or support, the hangers carried thereby, the cable or track arranged to engage the hangers and movable laterally in relation thereto, and a carriage mounted to travel on said cable and provided with parts arranged to engage the hangers and to swing the carriage with its cable away from the hangers, substantially as described.

2. The combination of the fixed rope or support, the hangers carried thereby, the'oable or track arranged to. engage the hangers and movable laterally in relation thereto, and a carriage mounted to travel on said cable and provided with transversely-extending guides arranged to engage the hangers and to swing the carriage with its cable away from the hangers, substantially as described.

3. The combination of the fixed rope orsupport, the hangers carried thereby, the cable or track normally engaging the hangers, and movable laterallyin relation thereto, a holder movably connected to the hangers and normally extending exteriorly of the cable to preventoutward movement thereof, and a carriage mounted to travel on said cable and provided with parts adapted to swing the holder out of the path of the cable so asto allow the same to move laterally, the carriage also having parts adapted for engagement with the hangers to swing the carriage with its cable away from the hangers, substantially as described.

4. The combination of the fixed rope or support, the hangers carried thereby and pro vided with pulleys or other rope-supports, hooks or holders movably connected tov the hangers and extending exteriorly of the ropesupports, a cable or track normally engaging some of said pulleys, yet capable of being disengaged therefrom laterally, a pulling-rope likewise running over some of the pulleys, a carriage mounted to travel on said cable and connected to the pullingrope, means for throwingthe holders or hooks out of the path of the cable and rope whenthe carriage is at one of the hangers, and means for swinging the carriage and its cable away from the han gers when passing the same, substantially as described.

5. A device of the. class described provided with a carriage supporting a switch-track made in sections, of which one is fixed and the end sections are hinged, substantially as shown and described.

6. A device of the class described provided with a carriage-cable, and a carriage mounted to travel thereon, and provided with a switchtrack made in sections, of which one is fixed on the carriage, and the other sections are hinged on the fixed section and extend transversely to the said cable, substantially as shown and described. 1

7. A device of the class described provided with a carriage-cable, a carriage mounted to travel thereon, and provided with a switchtrack made in sections, of which one is fixed on the carriage, and the other sections are hinged on the fixed section and extend transversel y to the said cable, and a pulley on the free end of each. hinged section and engaga carriage, a pulling-rope therefor, a hoisting-rope, a main cable forming a track for the carriage and. movable laterally adjacent to the hangers, the latter being provided with means for engaging the cable and pulleys to support the hoisting-rope and the pullingrope, and means for switching the carriage past the said hangers and for returning the cable and the ropes to the hangers after the carriage has passed, substantially as described.

10. A device of the class described,con1prising a hanger carryinga series of pulleys to be engaged by cables and ropes, a springpressed lever fulcrurned in the said hanger and adapted to receive motion from the carriage traveling overthe said cable, and hooks pivotally connected with the said lever and adapted to lock the ropes in place on the said pulleys,substantially as shown and described.

11. A device of the class described comprising a carriage having an upper and lower track located respectively adjacent to the cable or other support on which the carriage travels and to the pulling-rope by which motion is imparted to the carriage, and a hangercarrying means for engaging the said tracks to separate the carriage and hanger, substantially as shown and described.

12. In a device of the class described, the combination with a carriage mounted to travel on a cable and adapted to be moved by a pulling-rope, and supporting hoisting-pulleys and a hoisting-rope, a hanger provided with pulleys for supporting the said cable and ropes, tracks carried by the said carriage, means carried by the said hangers for engaging the said tracks, and devices for locking the cable and ropes in place on the pulleys, asset forth.

CARL E. RICHSON.

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